North Korea locks down capital city over ‘respiratory illness’ — report
SEOUL — Authorities in the North Korean capital Pyongyang have ordered a five-day lockdown due to rising cases of an unspecified respiratory illness, Seoul-based...
Heavy snow, deep cold halts transport across Japan
TOKYO — Heavy snow blanketed wide swathes of Japan on Wednesday, snarling traffic, forcing hundreds of flight cancellations and disrupting train travel, leaving at...
Rupert Murdoch scraps proposal to combine Fox, News Corp., sees Move sale
RUPERT Murdoch on Tuesday withdrew a proposal to reunite News Corp. and Fox Corp. as the company is also exploring a sale of Move,...
US business activity downturn eases slightly; euro zone back to growth
NEW YORK/LONDON - The downturn in US business activity eased slightly in January even as it contracted for the seventh straight month while euro zone business activity made a surprise return to modest growth, as two of the world's...
Rupert Murdoch scraps proposal to combine Fox, News Corp, eyes Move sale
Rupert Murdoch on Tuesday withdrew a proposal to reunite News Corp. and Fox Corp. as the company is also exploring a sale of Move Inc, which operates the Realtor.com website, to CoStar Group, according to a regulatory filing...
Amazon warehouse workers at Coventry walk out over pay in UK first
LONDON - Amazon workers at a warehouse in central England will walk out on Wednesday in a months-long wrangle over pay, marking the first time the US tech giant's operations in Britain have faced strike action.
About 300 employees...
Taxi drivers in Cancun drop airport blockade protesting Uber
MEXICO CITY - Travelers reached the airport in Mexico's tourist hot spot of Cancun without problem on Tuesday after a protest by local taxi drivers against ride-share app Uber left many stranded the day before.
Angry taxi drivers on...
US targets Google’s online ad business monopoly in latest Big Tech lawsuit
WASHINGTON - The US Justice Department accused Alphabet Inc's GOOGL.O Google on Tuesday of abusing its dominance in digital advertising, threatening to dismantle a key business at the heart of one of...
N. Korea-related hacker groups behind crypto firm heist — FBI
Two hacker groups associated with North Korea, the Lazarus Group and APT38, were responsible for the theft last June of $100 million from US...
Who pays for your rewards? Indebted credit cardholders
CREDIT CARDS with rewards are rewarding only for those who know how to profit from the system, according to a paper released by the...
Investing in South Korean stocks to get easier for foreigners this year, says financial...
SEOUL — South Korea plans to scrap a number of regulations in the local stock market within this year to make investment easier for...
COVID-19 cut known human trafficking, but Ukraine war still a risk: UN
VIENNA — The COVID-19 pandemic led to the first drop in the known number of human-trafficking victims in 20 years as trafficking opportunities and...